M.giganteus

[Nada]

these are really cool little bugs. No invert collection is complete without them..
Giant Vinegaroon

 

[Charmyknux]

Do you know if yours is a male or female? I have a big girl myself

 

[Nada]

I think mine is female based on what I've read, but I'm not 100%

 

[Tongue Flicker]

I think most vinegaroons in captivity usually ends up as female for a weird reason

 

[Charmyknux]

Beautiful animal

 

[Tara Russell]

Poor Cricket I remember my Rosie when she had the poor cricket by the neck XD

 

[Tara Russell]

It's like help me!!! Nah sorry you're for dinner XD

 

[Nada]

I've seen crickets do some pretty vicious things, so I have no sympathy.

 

[Tara Russell]

Yeah I can really say the same you can even look in the eyes of crickets and see how mad they look ._. my first Rosie died because of a cricket due to a fact Petco (which I no longer go to that one unless it's a different Petco or I go to Petsmart) lied to me and said don't worry dump 4 or 5 crickets in there and ''DIDN'T'' tell me to take them out the next day. I buried her in spider tissuepaper in a small box. I know I may have sounded so stupid of myself but hell I was a first time Tarantula owner so I believed never again do I go to that Petco (even know when I returned the Tarantula I told the manager what happened and he seemed very pissed off at the worker that lied to me) bleh whatever.

 

[Tara Russell]

My second Rosie I got from Petsmart (the lady at the Petco that I returned my dead Tarantula to asked if I wanted another one here) my reply was no thank you I'm going somewhere else

 

[AlyeskaWolf]

They are so unique, very cool. I only recently found out about them, been quite interested.

 

[AlyeskaWolf]

My second Rosie I got from Petsmart (the lady at the Petco that I returned my dead Tarantula to asked if I wanted another one here) my reply was no thank you I'm going somewhere else

Oh...I unfortunately worked at a PetSmart when I was younger...terrible...most of the employees have no idea what they're talking about, because the training isn't very good. There's also a "sick room" in them...that is...a nightmare. I didn't last long before going to a small independently owned shop where it was way better. I just get disgusted by PetCo and PetSmart. They don't do animals any good. Good choice not going back.

 

[AlyeskaWolf]

I've seen crickets do some pretty vicious things, so I have no sympathy.

Right!

 

[AlyeskaWolf]

Poor Cricket I remember my Rosie when she had the poor cricket by the neck XD

My Mantis...haha, oh man...she would eat them eyeballs first and they'd be alive the whole time.

 

[AlyeskaWolf]

Yeah I can really say the same you can even look in the eyes of crickets and see how mad they look ._. my first Rosie died because of a cricket due to a fact Petco (which I no longer go to that one unless it's a different Petco or I go to Petsmart) lied to me and said don't worry dump 4 or 5 crickets in there and ''DIDN'T'' tell me to take them out the next day. I buried her in spider tissuepaper in a small box. I know I may have sounded so stupid of myself but hell I was a first time Tarantula owner so I believed never again do I go to that Petco (even know when I returned the Tarantula I told the manager what happened and he seemed very pissed off at the worker that lied to me) bleh whatever.

Oh and yeah, don't blame yourself...

 

[Tara Russell]

Oh...I unfortunately worked at a PetSmart when I was younger...terrible...most of the employees have no idea what they're talking about, because the training isn't very good. There's also a "sick room" in them...that is...a nightmare. I didn't last long before going to a small independently owned shop where it was way better. I just get disgusted by PetCo and PetSmart. They don't do animals any good. Good choice not going back.

Yeah the only time I go into Petsmart now is for cricekts and worms etc I really don't feel like buying wads amounts of them online anyways now I buy pets online way much better also I'm lucky I saved my poor Rosie from Petsmart he molted the next day after I bought him they had him in a tiny mini kirtter keeper I wouldn't have known how that poor Rosie would've molted in that small mini kritter keeper it's really sad

 

[Tara Russell]

Oh and yeah, don't blame yourself...

Yeah the Petco that I got my first Rosie hasn't seen me in months they probably are wondering why but yeah still can't get over it

 

[Tara Russell]

My Mantis...haha, oh man...she would eat them eyeballs first and they'd be alive the whole time.

Eat the eyeballs? Wtf that's brutal XD

 

[csshepherdgirl]

You can't judge 1300 stores on your particular one. I work at a big box store, and our quiet room definitely isn't "horrible." All our pets get prompt medical care. Perhaps instead of vilifing a company, you report what you saw to the right connections. Oh yeah, that was a long time ago.

Here's a little ditty to digest: the pets sold in stores aren't meant to be there for very long. How much room would it take up to hold these animals in their intended permanent habitats? For instance.. each feeder comet in a pond! Think about it. Of course there are practices that I don't agree with, namely the useless care guides, but it is up to the consumer to be aware of what they are buying. But not ask pet stores are staffed by 18 year old trying to make a quick buck.

 

[AlyeskaWolf]

Oh and I worked at 3. Not 1.